$36,099 Vintage Levi’s Jeans

Would you pay $36,099 for a Levi’s? Sounds crazy, I know, but let me just say that this is no ordinary Levi’s Jeans! It’s an authentic vintage! 100 years old!

So why would you buy a pair of jeans that was found in a mine in California? Because vintage is so in? Because skinny is so last season and because the boyfriend slouchy jeans is the die-for right now? The Levi’s sold for the astronomic price of $36,099 (three hours ago, the bid was $18,300) so someone go to actually be the lucky most fashionable owner of a 100 years old Levi’s jeans! Is this justified? Would you go that far in the name of fashion? Or it’s just another collector story and the pair will proudly end up in someone’s vintage trophy room?

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I’m sure you’ve all heard those talent spotter stories talking about how many times a famous face, a famous model was recruited when she was shopping, when she was on the beach, on an airport and so on. It’s like they all had a meeting with Fate.

Well, Destiny sure reached Angela Kim one day. Having a line of caviar, champagne and chardonnay cosmetics isn’t a normal becoming for a concert pianist, wouldn’t you agree? And still, this is the plain truth – she’s of an allergic nature and so she somehow magically woke up one morning after having a skin lotion allergy the night before and created an organic cosmetic universe in a piano stroke! (I bet that piano stroke had a heavy $ base behind, but for the fairy tale’s sake, let’s keep it simple).

Then again, if you’re a fan of fairy tales, you should also know that a piece of magic organic beauty kingdom comes with a heavy price tag too – a “beauty ritual collection” costs $348, and some “organic eye tea bags” cost $14. If that doesn’t makes you a princess the day after, the least it could do to you is a piano virtuoso, right?

Wondering – do you buy your beauty products because they’re well advertised, well presented, expensive or just because you have to so you take the first you see in the store?
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It’s not a joke! The Happiest Book in the World exists and it’s an actual book! Wrote by Alex Ostrowski, it’s about a voyage in Denmark, said to be the happiest country in the world.

I don’t know if the book actually brings some wind of happiness for the reader, but it surely has a daring name (oh! And the most important thing – and what makes it an interesting book in my opinion – there’s just one copy of this “Happiest Book in the World”!) I haven’t been to Denmark and I’m skeptical when hearing about studies declaring such immeasurable standard for an entire country, but who knows? After all being happy equals perfect subjectivity. What makes Denmark a happy country? What makes you a happy person? (click thumbnails to see larger images)

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Sport and Haute Couture? Mmm.. yes.. maybe… definitely could be… Well Lucy Liu’s done it for Harper’s Bazaar and the result is pretty amazing.

It’s like she’d be posing for Luxury Olympics but who’s really counting? Take for instance the “Swing Out, Sister” picture where she’s throwing the Chanel bag: only two prices are known – the Iradj Moini Necklace $3,630 and of course the Chanel bag $2,850. I won’t even begin to count the pricetag for the Dolce & Gabbana dress! The boxing picture: Cartier earrings $28,700 , Look from London Hosiery tights $18, Everlast gloves $29,99. Again the Dior Haute Couture dress cannot be counted for it was pricelessly named in the picture’s credits (more pictures after the jump)

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It seems Agyness isn’t the only one molded into a mannequin: Coco Rocha has her dozen set created especially to display some artsy t-shirts.

Visionaire and Lacoste teamed for photographically printed t-shirts as the fall’s edition of the Visionaire Magazine. The T-shirts are no ordinary cotton lizard-esques but signed by Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Inez and Vinoodh, Karl the Kaiser, Pedro Almodovar, David Byrne, Michael Stipe, Richard Philips. This issue is in work since 2006 and it counts 4,000 copies printed on polos available at selected Lacoste stores, bookstores and museums. (more photos after the jump)

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How many ways again will Absolut reinvent itself? This time it’s about sequins. Bloody red, can-can-sparkling, the new Absolut bottle looks like a Crazy Horse poster.

I’m not really into alcohol, really not into vodka, but I admit the Absolut people are clever. Their sense of marketing was flawless and they managed to coordinate it over the years so that the Absolut bottles became legends. Is this supposed to attract more customers or it’s just “masquerade” for the fun of it?

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Underwater pictures are officially a serious trend in photography. And especially French (fashion) Photography. This time is haute couture sans models going underwater.

Giorgio Armani Prive, Maurizio Galante, Chanel Haute Couture, Givenchy Haute Couture, Christian Lacroix Haute Couture underwater for Stiletto Magazine. I am fascinated by the textures and the colors developed in this kind of photo session. It’s almost magical. It’s Haute Couture Underwater. What’s your favorite? (I’d go for the Armani bouquet – click pictures to see larger images)

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It’s not a joke! Talking Jeans, I thought I’d present you with a glorious new idea, completely environment unfriendly but innovative nevertheless!

Instead of stitching fabric, glue it together and pray your so-called stitches won’t let you down during the day. They’re testing this product for two years and they say the pants won’t desert you but I still have my doubts. I admit having my special textile glue for emergency cases when I absolutely have no time to do the stitching myself and I just glue it all together and wear it like it was nothing.

Nevertheless, I still relay on the good old sewing machine to do all the good work. Of course the red glue does some magic for this jean, but it could only fit the young, at most. That if the environmentalists will let them get away with this. Oh, did I mentioned that the inventors behind this Glue Jeans are Dutch? What do you say? Glue them or stitch them?
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